Introducing Wizkers:Radio a new type of rig controller, based on the Wizkers framework

Wizkers:Radio is a completely new type of rig controller, based on the Wizkers framework. It is the only rig controller app which will work as well on an Android phone or tablet, a Chromebook, or a Mac, Linux or Windows computer.

No matter what the device you are running it on, Wizkers:Radio gives you not only direct access to VFOs and a couple of settings, like most rig controllers do, but to a complete operation dashboard including unique capabilities such as

Complete working copy of the radio front panel

“Memory cards” for quick access to frequencies

Monitoring and graphing of all radio and amplifier parameters: temperature, power, voltage, current

Radio equipment support

At this time, Wizkers:Radio works with Elecraft gear: KX3, KXPA100, PX3, XG3. we are planning to add support for other equipment brands with time.

Interfacing with radio software

As a rig controller, Wizkers:Radio provides a complete set of “output plugins” which enable it to act as the rig controller for a whole variety of ham radio software:

XML-RPC plugin: this lets you use Wizkers:Radio as a drop-in replacement for flrig when used with fldigi

Hamlib “rigctld” plugin: this plugin makes Wizkers:Radio compatible with any software that can talk the rigctl TCP/IP protocol

You can enable/disable any of those plugins at any time and have them all work together, which is completely unique.

Radio / Equipment configuration

Elecraft radios are amazingly configurable – the KX3 contains nearly 200 individual settings, all of which can be accessed from its front panel… if you remember how to do it, or if you have the manual with you. When using Wizkers:Radio, you can make the configuration process a lot easier.

Latest Forum Posts

Hi all!
This morning i posted the below message on the Apple forums. I guess i'd post it here as well, maybe someone can shine a light.
Thanks in advance,
Ton EA3HOE.
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I am a HAM and i am using my Early 2015 MBP for data communications. I seem to have a problem where the USB ports are not able to handle the traffic...

Today I downloaded the application WSJT-X so I could run it on my iMAC in the Ham-Shack. That computer is running 10. 11.6 El Capitan. Just when I thought I had done everything according to the prompts, I received a panel that says, "Unable to create shared memory segment." Probably a good answer if your a code-jockey but I have...

Was just using v1.8 last night fine, today when I go to try and use, WSJT-X tells me it can't connect to radio on my Mac, and when i try to go and make sure all the settings are right & test the CAT connection, the program just crashes. I've tried reinstalling the program, no dice. Switched to my Windows...

Am trying to get FT-8 working via my Kenwood TS-590SG, with a USB connection to my mid-2015 MacBook Pro. I've got WSJTX configured so CAT control works fine and the Test PTT button under the 'Radio' tab in preferences will reliably key the radio (the radio relay audibly trips and the red light on the front panel of the...

I run Fldigi on Linux and Windoz platforms without any problems. I have tried it on my Macbook Pro (vintage 2008) running Mavericks (OSX 10.9.5) and observe that the application crashes very frequently on transmitting. I am using the version 3.23.19 in combinaton with the flrig version 1.3.30. Newer versions do not alleviate the problem....

Is there a Mac USB driver for the 7300? I can not get my rig control working in FLdigi. I have it decoding, but thats it. No transmit, no communication with the rig. In the pull down menus I do not see USB as a way to communicate with the rig for rig control.
Thanks,
Jim...

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